Science

Quadruped and biped are familiar terms but what is a ‘palmiped’?
Any bird with webbed feet

Who was the first scientist to classify fossils?
George Cuvier

What is Aristotle’s lantern?
A special arrangement of teeth in sea urchins

Which fossil organism is usually regarded as the connecting link between reptiles and birds ?
Archaeopteryx

Which was the heaviest of all prehistoric animals?
Brachiosaurus

Who is usually considered to be the founder of modern entomology?
Jan swammerdam

Which was the first dinosaur to be scientifically described?
Megalosaurus

Which animal generally considered as connecting link between the annelid worms and the arthropods?
Peripatus

The largest living terrestrial mammal is the African elephant. Which is the largest terrestrial mammal ever to roam the earth?
Baluchitherium grangeri

Which are the most primitive multi-cellular animals?
Sponges

'Proboscis worms’ are also known as
Ribbon worms